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Sonobuoy TechSystems and Ultra Electronics Awarded Foreign Sales Contracts
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Sonobuoy TechSystems and Ultra Electronics Awarded Foreign Sales Contracts
Sparton Corporation (Sonobuoy Tech Systems) and Ultra Electronics USSI,
a subsidiary of Ultra Electronics Holdings plc (ULE), announce the award
of subcontracts valued at $21.6 million from their ERAPSCO/SonobuoyTech
Systems joint venture. Multiple foreign contracts represent the manufacture
of Passive and Active Sonobuoys in support of multiple underwater missions.
ARABIAN SEA (Dec. 14, 2012) Sailors unload sonobuoys
from an MH-60R Sea Hawk helicopter assigned to the Raptors of Helicopter
Maritime Strike Squadron (HSM) 71 aboard the guided-missile cruiser
USS Mobile Bay (CG 53). (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist
2nd Class Armando Gonzales/Released)
ERAPSCO/SonobuoyTech Systems will provide manufacturing subcontracts
in the amount of $13.3 million to Ultra Electronics USSI and $8.3 million
to Sparton Electronics Florida, Inc. Production will take place at Ultra
Electronics USSI’s Columbia City, IN facility and Sparton’s
DeLeon Springs, FL facility with completion planned by June 2015.
ERAPSCO/SonobuoyTech Systems was awarded these contracts for Passive
and Active sonobuoys that are used for detection, classification, and
localization of adversary submarines during peacetime and combat operations.
